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Wednesday

here
is an inspired TED talk by david damberger titled: “what happens when an ngo
admits failure.” it's a battle cry for nonprofits and ngos to start publicly taking responsibility
for their mismanagement failures in order to help the
development industry succeed across the board. it points out how the dominant trend in development is to set an agenda based on what donors want instead of the actual need of the communities they serve. damberger also discusses the need for development
to be sustainable—focused on software instead of just hardware—and he give
examples of the past failures of his organization engineers without borders. if you are passionate about seeing positive change and you work in the development field or donate time and resources to a development organization this is an important talk to listen to. donors have the power.

i
stand behind this issue because i believe in order for the development industry to succeed, it must work together. listen to the TED talk here.

Tuesday

onyx feather is
featured in the washington post dc scout shopping guide today! to thank
everyone for their support this year we’re collaborating with the shopping
guide to give a discount on our swarovski + vintage club membership and all
jewelry from our holiday gift guide! use dc scout exclusive online code
"SPARKLE" until jan 1. thanks to haley russell--couldn't happen without you.

Thursday

my favorite part of our holiday gift guide this year is membership to the onyx feather swarovski + vintage jewelry club. such a unique, quirky gift for a person that loves vintage, jewels and surprises! find out more information here.

Wednesday

i've always loved wit + delight. it's such an outlier design blog and it never feels boring or homogenous. lately i've especially loved kate's mixtape series. it's a series of playlists for everything from getting dressed in the morning (here) to shorter winter days and longer nights (here). she just released a holiday mixtape (here). who knew the weepies did christmas songs?

came across this tutorial for red lipstick. it pairs skin tones with the appropriate shades of red. brilliant. i'm always nervous to do a bold lip, but it usually works out well when i do. considering it as well? explore it here.

Thursday

just saw the anthology magazine winter gift guide. it's excellent. it features everything from creative gift guides to an embedded video on how to make mulled cranberry cider. (courtesy of tiger in a jar. yum). check it out here. great work anthology team!